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TT: AWOL

December 2, 2005 by Terry Teachout

I haven’t been absolutely forthcoming with you about my current state of mind and body, so here goes: I have a little problem called “reactive airways syndrome,” which is a kind of respiratory alarm that goes off whenever I let myself get run down and underslept. It started clanging loudly two weeks ago. As a result, I spent the past few days slumped on my couch in a slack-jawed semi-stupor, watching undemanding movies, doing as little as possible, and letting my batteries recharge themselves.


The good news is that I’m finally starting to bounce back, but I’m not quite there yet. In order to ensure a more perfect recovery, I’ve decided not to blog at all between now and next Friday, December 9, when I’ll return to the ‘sphere with the weekly drama-column teaser. I’ll miss you, but I know you’ll understand.


Have fun while I’m gone. Visit some of the other blogs listed in the “Sites to See” module. Come goggle at Maud and me on Tuesday night. And fear not: I shall return next Friday!


UPDATE: In addition to all those other cool blogs, you’ll find lots and lots of new stuff in the right-hand column to keep you busy in my absence. Enjoy.

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Terry Teachout, who writes this blog, is the drama critic of The Wall Street Journal and the critic-at-large of Commentary. In addition to his Wall Street Journal drama column and his monthly essays … [Read More...]

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About “About Last Night”

This is a blog about the arts in New York City and the rest of America, written by Terry Teachout. Terry is a critic, biographer, playwright, director, librettist, recovering musician, and inveterate blogger. In addition to theater, he writes here and elsewhere about all of the other arts--books, … [Read More...]

About My Plays and Opera Libretti

Billy and Me, my second play, received its world premiere on December 8, 2017, at Palm Beach Dramaworks in West Palm Beach, Fla. Satchmo at the Waldorf, my first play, closed off Broadway at the Westside Theatre on June 29, 2014, after 18 previews and 136 performances. That production was directed … [Read More...]

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Peter Marks, Elisabeth Vincentelli, and I are the panelists on “Three on the Aisle,” a bimonthly podcast from New York about theater in America. … [Read More...]

About My Books

My latest book is Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington, published in 2013 by Gotham Books in the U.S. and the Robson Press in England and now available in paperback. I have also written biographies of Louis Armstrong, George Balanchine, and H.L. Mencken, as well as a volume of my collected essays called A … [Read More...]

The Long Goodbye

To read all three installments of "The Long Goodbye," a multi-part posting about the experience of watching a parent die, go here. … [Read More...]

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